ALC Schools

Alternative Student Transportation

ALC Schools provides supplemental student transportation to more than 350 school districts in 18 states across the country. Their two fully staffed dispatch centers, field representatives, and routing and optimization teams coordinate 10,000 trips for special needs, displaced and foster students every day. From the districts' specifications to the details of each child's unique need, ALC Schools vehicles and drivers meet federal, state and district regulations, providing safety and consistency for your most vulnerable students.

Special Needs

Displaced

McKinney-Vento

Hard-to-serve trips

Out-of-district

Multi-district coordination

ALC Schools cares about the safety of your students. With an unlimited fleet of adaptive vehicles including mini-vans, SUV's, and sedans, ALC Schools delivers safe, reliable, consistent, and cost-saving supplemental transportation. Drivers and vehicles meet federal, state, and district-specific requirements along with ALC Schools stringent training and on-going compliance. Consistency is important to a special need's child, and it's important to ALC Schools. That's why we strive to ensure that every student rides with the same driver every day. This solution increases the comfort level of the student, providing them stability, familiarity, security, trust and a better day in the classroom.

Who is Transporting Your Students?

Because we not only match the vehicle, but also the driver with the individual needs of the student, drivers view their role as having made a commitment to serving "their" students each and every day. The result: students spend more days in the classroom, providing them and their parents stability, familiarity, security and trust.

ALC Schools cares about the safety of your student. That's why we confirm that any driver providing service has complied with the following, as required by state law or your district:

How Will Vehicles & Drivers Be Identified?

The vehicles transporting your students will be identified with a placard on the dashboard. Each driver will have a photo ID badge stating that they are a subcontracted transportation provider for your district.

Alternative Student/Customer Transportation

Region 4 ESC - TX

Contract Number: R190401

Initial three-year award from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2022 with the option to renew for two additional one-year (1) periods through December 31, 2024.

Focusing On The One

At ALC Schools, our focus is on fulfilling districts' special transportation needs. Every day we coordinate trips for thousands of students, yet we never lose sight of the importance of each student's individual and unique circumstances.

We realize that knowing the student's preference to sit on the right-side of the vehicle, for example, or to be accompanied by a favorite stuffed animal is just as important, in many cases, as understanding their physical requirements.

For us, no student and no circumstance is too difficult to address.

Our goal is to provide safe, reliable and high quality transportation for school districts and the families they serve. Because ALC Schools focuses only on special transportation needs, we are able to offer a level of personalized service found nowhere else.

Districts' Special Transportation Needs

For more than a decade, ALC Schools has been coordinating the special transportation needs of districts just like yours.

Whether assisting districts with their McKinney-Vento program, their hardest to serve trips, or their special needs students, ALC provides a scalable solution that can expand or contract to accommodate this ever-changing population.

If your district has special transportation needs in any of the following areas, ALC Schools has a solution for you.

McKinney-Vento

FlexibilityExpand or contract your fleet at any time to accommodate the dynamic nature of this population.

ResponsiveMcKinney-Vento students are always on the move and ALC Schools' model allows you to respond quickly to their ever changing needs.

All EncompassingWhether they reside inside or outside of your district, we can help coordinate transportation for all of your McKinney-Vento students.

Students with Special Needs

Personalized ServiceKnowing the student's preference to sit on the right-side of the vehicle or to be accompanied by a favorite stuffed animal, is just as important as understanding their physical requirements.

Driven By CompassionNot just anyone will do when it comes to serving students with special needs. All of the drivers we work with are compassionate and committed to the safety and well-being of your students.

Right VehicleFactors such as seating arrangements, wheelchair accessibility, additional equipment needs, and the possible need for a nurse/aide, are all considered when identifying the vehicle type that meets the needs of your students.

Hard-to-Serve Trips

EfficientSending a bus to pick up eight students or fewer is not efficient and results in longer ride times for your students. ALC Schools can help route those trips into vans/sedans, providing not only cost savings but also a more comfortable and shorter trip for your students.

Cost ConsciousUsing the right vehicle for your smaller trips lowers your cost by reducing gas consumption and the wear-and-tear on your buses.

Rural RoutesUsing the right sized vehicle is critical when transporting as few as one or two students traveling to a remote area of your district, or even a handful of students living along a rural route.

Students Traveling Out-of-District

Out of BoundsSome students have unique needs requiring them to attend special schools outside the district. Using smaller vehicles is more cost effective and promotes a stable comfortable, and consistent environment for them.

Responsive ResourcesThe ability to efficiently allocate resources allows for out-of-district students' needs to be met without incurring additional costs for the district

Multi-District Coordination

Be A Good NeighborWhen several neighboring school districts are transporting students to the same specialized school, or out-of-district to a non-public school, coordinating the transportation ensures that these routes are being handled as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.

Pro-rated BillingALC Schools can provide multi-district coordination, billing each for only their portion of the trip. When costs are shared, you and your neighboring districts save money.

ALC Schools' Model For Special Transportation Needs

The ALC Schools' Model meets districts' special transportation needs by coordinating special needs vans/sedans to transport McKinney-Vento, special needs, and out-of-district students, as well as hard-to-serve and multi-district trips.

By matching the right vehicle with the right trip, districts no longer have to pay for unused capacity. This model also gives districts the ability to expand and contract their fleet to accommodate the ever-changing requirements of these student populations.

Reduced Costs

Today, every dollar counts - especially education dollars. In the budget-strained field of school transportation, the ALC Schools' Model allows us to make and verify an exceptionally unique claim: reduced costs and improved service levels.

In fact, ALC Schools can save school districts an average of 20-30%, while never losing sight of each student's individual needs and unique circumstances. This is a claim we can prove and one that seems hard to ignore.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When it comes to transporting students with special needs, "one size does not fit all". We understand that each student has unique needs that must be accommodated. By ensuring that each student is matched with the appropriate vehicle, and that each vehicle is efficiently routed, ALC Schools is able to reduce costs for the school district and help minimize the amount of time each student spends in transit to and from school.

Not Just Anyone Will Do

Not just anyone will do when it comes to serving children with special transportation needs. That's why we take great care to make sure that anyone driving your students is fully qualified and capable of addressing each student's unique challenges; and is compassionate and respectful of the children and families you serve.

Consistency - it's important to your special needs students and it's important to ALC Schools. That's why we strive to ensure that each of these students rides with the same driver every day. As a result, the students enjoys more stability, familiarity, security and trust.

Because we not only match the vehicle but also the driver with the individual needs of each student, drivers view their role as having made a commitment to serving "their" students each and every day.

Service Assurance

What matters most to ALC Schools is the safety of your students. That's why any vehicle or driver providing service to your students has confirmed that they are fully qualified and have met the following criteria:

Drivers: ALC Schools confirms that drivers have complied with the following, as required by state law or your district:

Valid driver's license appropriate for the vehicle being driven

Valid registration and insurance required for the vehicle

Ongoing DMV record review for an indication of safety and driving habits

Criminal background check

Must test negative on random alcohol/drug screening

Completed detailed Contractor/Driver Information Form and in-person meeting and review

TB testing

Meets all school district requirements

Meets other state specific requirements

Vehicles: ALC Schools confirms that vehicles comply with the following as required by state law or by your school district:

Current registration

Insurance verification

Valid vehicle permit

Vehicle inspection

Meets all district safety, maintenance and cleanliness standards

Meets other state specific requirements

The ALC Schools Difference

At ALC Schools, our focus is on fulfilling districts' special transportation needs. Every day we coordinate trips for thousands of students, yet we never lose sight of the importance of each student's individual and unique circumstances.

Because ALC Schools focuses only on special transportation needs, we are able to offer a level of personalized service found nowhere else, including:

Significantly Reduced Costs

Today, every dollar counts - especially education dollars. ALC Schools can save school districts 20-30% on average AND provide improved service. This is a claim we can prove and one that seems hard to ignore.

Parent/Guardian Meeting

Prior to transporting any student, their parent/guardian will have the opportunity to meet with an ALC Schools representative to discuss all aspects of the student's transportation needs.

ALC Schools understands that knowing a student's preference to sit on the right-side of the vehicle and to be accompanied by a favorite stuffed animal is just as important, in many cases, as understanding their physical requirements. These parent/guardian meetings allow ALC Schools to cultivate relationships with the students and their families.

Driven By Compassion - Same Driver Every Day

Consistency - it's important to your students and it's important to ALC Schools. Our solution, which offers the same driver every day, enhances communication with parents and increases the comfort level of the students.

Because we not only match the vehicle, but also the driver with the individual needs of the child, drivers view their role as having made a commitment to serving "their" students each and every day. The result: students spend more days in the classroom, providing them and their parents stability, familiarity, security and trust.

Real-time Accountability

ALC Schools is able to confirm the time and locations of each of the district's students' trip events. Knowing where your students are, and when they arrived, provides an additional level of comfort and safety.

Matching Each Student With The Right Vehicle

ALC Schools' solution is uniquely customized to meet the specific needs of the district's students - today - and as their needs change. ALC Schools ensures that each vehicle best matches the student's needs. Factors such as seating arrangements, wheelchair accessibility, additional equipment needs, and the possible need for a nurse/aide, are all considered in identifying a vehicle for your students.